Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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That seemed at odds with the interest that some booksellers said the memoir had drummed up and with the interest it had garnered online.
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2023
Watts had drummed for the Stones since 1963.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 27, 2021
Anyone who wishes people would just speak according to the norms they had drummed into them when they were growing up may as well forget about it.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 15, 2019
At one point in his testimony, Packwood fondly referred to the Senate as a “small fraternity,” an all-too-apt comparison given the nature of the allegations that had drummed him out of it.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2015
Then comes the moldy old Rachel and Leah stuff we had drummed into us at the Center.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
